Hope Hicks may hold the keys to Mueller's Russia puzzle

[DonViejo]

Prosecutors will interview the White House communications director in the coming weeks as they continue questioning those in the president's inner circle.

By DARREN SAMUELSOHN 11/16/2017 05:02 AM EST Updated 11/16/2017 06:55 AM EST

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is preparing to interview the woman who’s seen it all: Hope Hicks.

She’s been part of Donald Trump’s inner circle for years, first at Trump Tower and then as an omnipresent gatekeeper and fixer who could get emails or other communications directly to the boss during the 2016 campaign.

As a senior White House adviser and now as communications director, she’s been in the room for moments critical to Mueller’s probe, which has grown to include the president’s response to the Russia investigation itself.

Hicks’ history with Trump makes her one of the more useful witnesses for Mueller as he looks for insights into the president’s habits and moods. She also is one of the few people well positioned to recount the president’s reactions at various moments as the Russia scandal has sidetracked his presidency — including the Mueller appointment itself.

Mueller’s decision to request an interview with Hicks — who hasn’t been named in any criminal wrongdoing — also indicates he’s reached a critical point in the overall investigation, according to former prosecutors and veterans of past White House investigations. Typically, conversations with such senior level aides are saved for near the end of a probe.

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[Sunlei]

1. She better tell the truth because the secret service also knows where shes been every single day.

[Sunlei]

2. does anyone know if Mueller can request private twitter messages & fox 'pre interview' recordings?

about 500? phone-in interviews and about 100 in person interviews over past 2 years. That's a lot of pre-interview discussion fox recorded. They record everything.

On top of that people have to have an email account to open a personal twitter account- what is that email addy Mr. Trump? you've said, "I don't email" and that can't be true.

[C_U_L8R]

3. What's on her iPhone?

Seems likely that she's the "buffer" for all of Trump's questionable communications.

[Control-Z]

4. That's one interview I'd like to see. eom

[Irish_Dem]

5. Me too. I would love to be a fly on the wall for this one for sure. nt

[blueinredohio]

6. She will go to prison before she tells anything on Trump

[jrthin]

7. Then so be it. I think orange will look good on her.